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Transcript: What’s Really Driving the Progressive Surge

This is a lightly edited transcript of the June 14 edition of Right Now With Perry Bacon. You can watch the video here or by following this show on YouTube or Substack.Perry Bacon: This is Right No...

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Does Soccer Still Explain the World?

Forget the $10,000 tickets and the travel bans and the fact that the last three World Cups have been hosted in Russia, Qatar, and Donald Trump’s United States—FIFA President Gianni Infantino is...

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US hits more bridges in Iran in an expansion of its airstrike campaign

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The United States expanded its airstrike campaign against Iran early Friday by increasingly hitting bridges, part of U.S. President Donald Trump’s threats to start str...

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How AI became a populist issue | The Gray Area

AI was supposed to make our lives better. Instead, it’s made many of us scared and angry. Communities are protesting data centers across the country, and polling shows most Americans think AI is mo...

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What is Trump trying to achieve with China election claims?

Donald Trump used a prime-time address to the nation to allege Chinese interference in US elections in a move that looks to undermine voter confidence ahead of Nov...

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‘Professional malpractice’: The Platner fallout engulfs the operatives who made him

When Daniel Moraff showed up on Graham Platner's doorstep last summer, the oyster farmer had a message for the young political operative who had traveled to the Maine coast to convince him to run f...

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‘Enough is enough’: Virginia’s ‘immovable’ power broker says data centers aren’t unstoppable

President Donald Trump and Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger have at least one thing in common: a problem named state Sen. L. Louise Lucas.Lucas, the 82-year-old president pro tempore of the Virgini...

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Josh Shapiro goes big for down-ballot Dems

Josh Shapiro is making his biggest midterm play yet — with a likely eye on 2028.The Pennsylvania governor is pouring $3.3 million into a coordinated campaign launching this weekend to help Democrat...

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More than a quarter-million noncitizens may be registered to vote in 4 key states, DHS alleges

FIRST ON FOX – The Department of Homeland Security told election officials in California, New Jersey, Nevada and Pennsylvania a preliminary review found what could be more than 256,000 noncitizens ...

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US to host Women’s World Cup in 2031, says Trump official

FIFA has told President Donald Trump that the United States will host the 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup, a top Trump administration official said Thursday.Andrew Giuliani, executive director of the W...

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WATCH LIVE: Trump delivers speech on ‘election integrity’

The White House has promised potentially “shocking” findings and called for changes to US voting procedures US President Donald Trump is deliver...

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Trump calls for revocation of ABC, NBC licenses over speech snub

President Donald Trump said TV networks that did not feature live coverage of his primetime address on election security should have their broadcast licenses revoked.CNN, ABC and NBC opted against ...

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Trump rails against election systems — and familiar enemies

President Donald Trump on Thursday announced his administration is declassifying documents that he says outline vulnerabilities in U.S. election systems.In his 25-minute speech from the White House...

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How Trump is using his office to try to undermine US confidence in elections

Primetime address seemed aimed at laying groundwork for further destabilization before midterm electionsDonald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agencies to...

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How Trump’s address bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system

US president using office and intelligence agencies to try to undermine confidence in elections before midtermsDonald Trump used the imprimatur of the presidency and United States intelligence agen...

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Trump releases declassified election intelligence, says it reveals 'shocking vulnerabilities'

President Donald Trump addressed the nation Thursday evening on "free and fair" elections, announcing the declassification of critical intelligence that reveals, as he said, "shocking vulnerabiliti...

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Trump Just Did More Damage to American Elections Than China

President Trump addressed the American people tonight and told them that their elections are at the mercy of foreign actors—especially China. He called the current situation a “crisis” and vowed to...

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How Trump’s address was bluntly aimed at destabilizing the US electoral system

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Israel has had a tough month in the U.S. It’s fighting back.

Israel and its allies are on a mission to rescue its battered reputation in the United States.The Middle Eastern country and organizations that support it are publicly and privately fighting agains...

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Trump officials sour on Mullin’s No. 2 — again

Trump administration officials have grown increasingly frustrated with the Department of Homeland Security’s second in command, Deputy Secretary Troy Edgar, and some have discussed replacing him ju...

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Newsom's Silicon Valley dilemma comes to a head: Friend or foe?

In his two terms as governor, Gavin Newsom has threaded the needle with California’s booming tech sector.That approach could be put to the test in his final months as governor.Neither an unabashed ...

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